André Boehman is a Professor of Fuel Science and Materials Science and Engineering in the Department of Energy & Mineral Engineering in the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences at the Pennsylvania State University, where he has taught courses on Energy, Fuels, Combustion and the Environment since 1994.  He holds a BS in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Dayton (1986) and an MS (1987) and PhD (1993) in Mechanical Engineering from Stanford University.  He held a two-year postdoctoral fellowship in the Molecular Physics Laboratory at SRI International, Menlo Park, CA.  

Prof. Boehman’s research interests are in alternative and reformulated fuels, combustion and pollution control.  His present research activities are focused on alternative diesel fuels, diesel combustion and diesel exhaust aftertreatment.  He serves as the Editor of the journal Fuel Processing Technology and has held executive positions with the American Chemical Society Division of Fuel Chemistry and with the International DME Association.  He also serves as an instructor in the SAE Diesel Academy.  He has received the 2009 Matthew and Anne Wilson Award for Excellence in Research, the 2007 Faculty Mentoring Award and the 1999 Matthew and Anne Wilson Award for Outstanding Teaching from the Penn State College of Earth and Mineral Sciences, the 1999 Alumni Achievement Award from the University of Dayton School of Engineering, and the Philip L. Walker Jr. Faculty Fellowship in Materials Science and Engineering, from 1995-97.  He also received the 1986 Charles T. Main Bronze Medal from the American Society of Mechanical Engineers.  He has supervised twenty five MS theses and nine doctoral theses at Penn State and he has published more than 50 refereed papers and book chapters.  At the EMS Energy Institute, Prof. Boehman manages the Diesel Combustion and Emissions Laboratory.

B.S., Mechanical Engineering, University of Dayton (1982). M.S., Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University (1987), Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University (1993). Postdoctoral Research, SRI International, Molecular Physics Laboratory (1992-94).

Research and Professional Experience

• Professor of Fuel Science and Materials Science and Engineering, 2006-present, The Pennsylvania State University.
• Associate Professor, 2000-06, Department of Energy & Mineral Engineering, Pennsylvania State University.
• Assistant Professor of Fuel Science, Department of Materials Science & Engineering, 1994-2000, The Pennsylvania State University. 
• Post Doctoral Fellow, SRI International, 1992-94. 
• Research Assistant, Stanford University, 1986-1992

• 2009 Matthew and Anne Wilson Award for Excellence in Research
• 2007 Faculty Mentoring Award, PSU College of Earth and Mineral Sciences
• 1999 Alumni Achievement Award, University of Dayton, School of Engineering.
• 1999 Matthew and Anne Wilson Award for Outstanding Teaching.

1. DOE Advisory:  Participant, DOE-BES Workshop on Basic Research Needs for Clean and Efficient Combustion of 21st Century Transportation Fuels, 2006; Reviewer, DOE-EERE Combustion and Fuels Annual Merit Review, 2003-2009.
2. Editorial:  Editor, Fuel Processing Technology, 2006-present.  Associate Editorial, Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, 2008-present.
3. Participation in FutureTruck, ChallengeX, and Ecocar student vehicle competitions and DOE sponsored Graduate Automotive Technology Education (GATE) Center.

Collaborators and Co-Editors (past four years)

• Octavio Armas, Universided de Castilla-La Mancha, Spain
• Etop Esen, ConocoPhillips
• Jack Emert, Infineum
• Thomas Foglia, USDA ERRC
• Garry Gunter, ConocoPhillips
• Michael Haas, USDA ERRC
• James G. Hansel, Air Prod. and Chem., Inc.
• Daniel C. Haworth, Penn State
• David Klinikowski, Penn State
• Olivier Le Corre, Ecole de Mines de Nantes
• Thomas A. Litzinger, Penn State
• Edward Lyford-Pike, Cummins Engine Co.
• Robert McCormick, NREL
• Kirk Miller, ConocoPhillips
• Joseph M. Perez, Penn State
• Alan W. Scaroni, Penn State
• Harold Schobert, Penn State
• Daniel Sharer, Ag Com, Inc.
• Douglas Smith, ConocoPhillips
• Chunshan Song, Penn State
• Tinghong Tao, Corning Inc.
• Chao-Yang Wang, Penn State
• J. Vincent Zello, Penn State

Graduate and Postdoctoral Advisors

Graduate: Robert J. Moffat, Stephen J. Niksa    Postdoctoral: Stephen J. Niksa

 

Thesis and Postdoctoral Advisees  (5 MS, 6 PhD, 1 Postdoc, within last 48 months)

• Ragini Acharya, Penn State
• Mahabubul Alam, Caterpillar
• Khalid Al-Qurashi, KAUST, Saudi Arabia
• Elana Chapman, General Motors
• Christine Esangbedo, US Starch
• Melanie Fox, General Motors
• Joshua Heyne, Princeton University
• Juhun Song, Pusan Nat’l University, Korea
• James Szybist, ORNL
• Yi Yang, Sandia National Lab Livermore